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Friendly Fires

English band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

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Founded: 2006
Genre: punk rock
, indie rock
Label: XL Recordings
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Formed in: St Albans

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Friendly Fires are an English indie rock band from St Albans, Hertfordshire. The band consists of vocalist Ed Macfarlane and guitarist Edd Gibson; drummer Jack Savidge was part of the band until his departure in 2026. They are best known for their self-titled debut album, which was released on 1 September 2008 and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize on 21 July 2009. The band formed in 2006 and released two studio albums before parting ways in 2014. They reunited three years later, ultimately releasing their third album Inflorescent in 2019. The band recently announced their fourth album Dig Deeper to be released on 15 January 2027.

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59 statements · 37% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Website: wearefriendlyfires.com
Start of work period: 2006
Discography: Friendly Fires discography
Official name: Friendly Fires
Social media followers: 13,476(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 256280337
13,880(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 256280337
8,020(October 11, 2021) youtube channel id: UCiDH8PH6B-5AGnNlNHF9gFw
11,372(January 7, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 256280337
11,248(April 25, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 256280337

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